Application of Radian laser tracker in tire machinery industry

Our customers
A world-famous tire equipment manufacturing company has several engineering and production bases in China, which are responsible for the assembly and commissioning of various types of tire equipment of the company. The company has a wide range of main mechanical components, some of which are processed by outsourcing units, and some of which are undertaken by domestic own processing plants.
The main products of the group company are various types of vulcanizing machines, with large workpiece size and high requirements for processing and assembly accuracy. With the development of the enterprise, the requirements for product quality control are also correspondingly improved. At present, the enterprise is also eager to improve the quality detection and control methods in the process of processing and assembly of product parts.
Detection requirements

1. Detection of outsourced products: At present, the shape and position tolerance detection of outsourced products still remains in a relatively traditional method, and some spatial and positional relationships cannot be comprehensively evaluated, so that the products can only be returned to the processing plant after being transported to the assembly site, resulting in great waste and construction delay; The efficiency of traditional measurement methods is relatively low, and the detection of products often consumes a lot of time and manpower. It is necessary to introduce advanced measuring methods and conduct comprehensive inspection of outsourced parts before delivery by the supplier, which can predict the product quality in advance, avoid a series of problems after transportation to the company's site, and also avoid disputes arising from quality.

2. Installation and commissioning in the factory: at present, in the process of equipment assembly in the factory, there is no effective detection and monitoring means for the installation of the spatial position relationship of a series of components in place, and new measuring equipment needs to be introduced to measure this. The improvement of assembly quality is of great significance to the improvement of the product quality of the whole machine.
3. Quality control of the factory's own machining products: The factory is also improving its processing ability of key parts. While investing in new machining equipment such as machine tools, advanced detection methods must also keep up with it to comprehensively improve the quality of products.

API solution
According to the following six actual measurement requirements, API matched the Radian Laser Tracker for customers to carry out measurement:
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Measuring range: according to the size of the workpiece at the current stage of the factory, as well as the subsequent development, and taking into account the adjustment needs of the production line, the working radius of the detection instrument to be matched should not be less than 50 meters; The maximum measurement range of Radian laser tracker can exceed 160 meters (radius 80 meters), which can fully meet the measurement range requirements.
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Equipment accuracy: based on the inspection requirements of machining parts and assembly parts in the existing factory, the accuracy of the inspection equipment should reach the measurement error of no more than 5 μ m/m; The measurement accuracy of Radian laser tracker fully meets the requirements of measurement for equipment accuracy.
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Equipment portability: since the operation is to be carried out in the factory and outsourcing manufacturers and other sites, the requirements for portability and portability of the equipment are high; The API Radian laser tracker has a scientific layout and a compact design. Under the condition of ensuring the optimal optical path, the volume and quality of the whole machine are controlled within the minimum range. It can be easily put into a random suitcase, flexible and portable.

04.Equipment installation: due to the actual needs of assembly and adjustment, the measuring equipment needs to support the measurement that can be installed in any manner; The Radian laser tracker fully meets this practical requirement and is equipped with a variety of base accessories to provide more powerful support for lateral, inverted, arbitrary angle dumping, adsorption and other installation.
05.Dynamic measurement: it is necessary to measure the motion track of moving parts during assembly, so the measuring equipment needs to have the function of dynamic data acquisition to support real-time adjustment during installation; API Radian laser tracker provides a dynamic output rate of 1000 points/second, supports dynamic trajectory scanning measurement and monitoring, and easily realizes real-time guidance for adjustment during installation.

Software function: the software needs to have a comprehensive GD&T evaluation function of geometric tolerance, quickly issue a measurement report, and the format of the measurement report can be compatible with the company's existing quality management software system; Radian laser tracker can be adapted to many mainstream Measurement Software including SpatialAnalyzer, Polyworks, Verisurf, Metrolog, and fully compatible with customers' existing systems to achieve "plug and play".

Field survey application
During the test, the API Radian laser tracker measured various workpieces provided by the customer and assisted the customer in diagnosing problems during on-site installation.
1. Measurement of workpiece: mainly measures the size and geometric tolerance specified by the customer, and efficiently generates the measurement report.
2. Diagnosis of problems during installation: the deviation of all parts and components of the equipment after installation has been measured, hoping to provide a useful reference for the customer engineer's later installation and adjustment.
After the testing operation of the tracker, the data that can be measured by some traditional measuring tools are verified again, which fully meets and is superior to the customer's testing requirements. Moreover, the laser tracker can also obtain various complex spatial shape and position relationships that cannot be measured by traditional methods. The data is more comprehensive, and the efficiency is improved several times, even tens of times.
Conclusion
The measurement method of Radian laser tracker effectively meets the customer's measurement needs, and its effect has been highly recognized by customers. Laser tracker measurement technology is the mainstream large size and high-precision measurement technology in the world at present. It has been widely used in aerospace, heavy machinery, wind energy and nuclear energy and other fields, representing an advanced dimension detection method. API brand laser tracker has high measurement accuracy, wide range, good environmental adaptability, and high degree of software intelligence. It can play a great role in all aspects of industrial production and manufacturing, whether it is the detection of machined parts or on-site equipment assembly guidance, and has great significance in improving product quality and brand image.